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    The surname Goodgame

    An English nickname surname, carried by 545 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G325

    Goodgame: #40,204 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Goodgame #40,204, 545 people Goodgame: #40,204 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Goodgame #40,204, 545 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goodgame is more common than 75.2% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Nickname for a merry or sporty person, from Middle English good (“good”) + game (“entertainment, sport”).

    Goodgame is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 545 people named Goodgame in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 566,506 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 469.

    #40,204
    rank among US surnames
    545
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +16.2%
    change since 2000 (was #43,377)

    Who is named Goodgame

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    56% of people named Goodgame identified as white (not Hispanic), 39% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 56%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 39%
    • Two or more races 3.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Goodgame come from?
    Nickname for a merry or sporty person, from Middle English good (“good”) + game (“entertainment, sport”).
    How common is the surname Goodgame?
    545 people in the United States had the surname Goodgame in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 566,506 Americans. It ranked 40,204th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Goodgame?
    In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Goodgame identified as white (not Hispanic), and 39% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Goodgame?
    Goodgame is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Goodgame getting more or less common?
    More common. 469 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 545 in 2010, up 16%.